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april and it is on the downside right now. abigail: the dow was down about 20-30 points, but we can look at how it is doing for the week on friday. we are doing a bit at her. better. as i mentioned, it is the end of the week and i do not want this to distract from the broader, better performance we have done. take a look over here at the russell 2000 index. we saw some record highs earlier in the week in anticipation of the tax reform, because these small domestic companies will be the ones that would benefit from lower taxes. we can talk about stocks. let s touch on the 10 year yield, just to be euro. thorough. moste unchanged for the part. yields have been slightly higher, and we are up a bit from when.17 we saw a week ago the geopolitical risk was flaring up. mentionedcarlet you amazon in your open. let s touch on that. they are one of the best performers in the nasdaq year to date, their unbroken year 20 year streak of double-digit gains has nowhere but up to ....
this year, and coming up, whether now is the time to get back into it. tomorrow marks president trump s hundredth day in office, and tom cole says how close congress could be to getting a deal done on both taxes and health care. amazon, alphabet, race to $1,000 a share. we are tracking the action. first to you on amazon. hey, sara, will. if you are looking at price targets, the streak thinks amazon gets there first. just shy 1500, that s $25 above alphabet s. after the quarterly results yesterday, it is getting closer to the milestone. amazon launched double digit revenue growth, and now heavy investments, and push in the indian market, drone delivery, to the recent nfl deal. shares surged more than 50% over the last year, and about 25% since january alone. by the way, guys, once shares get $990, jeff besos is the world s richest man of the it s worth noting what spoils the party, and not everyone is on board with the thousand-dollar plus average target. after ear ....
relationship with oil companies. he is serving his 14th term in congress and is a member of the energy and commerce committee. it is just over an hour. this is the mayor, kevin from waxahachie. . . . [inaudible conversation]. . . [inaudible conversation] thank you for this state. thank you. thank you all for coming. you re going to sing a song? probably right. is this better? all right, thank you. welcome to the waxahachie town hall meeting. i want to thank the mayor for letting us use the town hall. we ve done several town halls here. we re going to be very interactive for the next hour or so. we ve got two announcements and all these cameras you see around the room are from c-span television. they re not televising it live but they are going to take take it and show it sometime saturday. so you might be a c-span celebrity this weekend. we have some rules about our town hall. this is a conversation between you the constituents and me the congressman. this is n ....
record warmth. i ll detail that forecast coming up. accident northbound 101 at hills day, it looks like it s involving a couple of cars and they are just blocking that far right lane so speeds are still moving at the limit because traffic is light. we ll take it to the north bay where speeds are in the green as you make your way along 101, richmond and golden gate bridge. there is a dramatic standoff in martinez right now. a murder suspect has been holed up inside a car since last night. he is barricaded near a gas station. the s.w.a.t. team has been there since8 p.m. they believe he shot a woman in walnut creek. officers got the call at 1 p.m. yesterday. they found the victim near the lindsey wildlife experience on first avenue. she died at the sign. at this time it s unclear if the suspect and victim knew each other. the s.w.a.t. team hopes to have it resolved this morning. if you are in martinez, avoid the area near howe and old orchard roads. the free speech sho ....
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